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        <p>i — 
      Returns an init-type equivalent of a k-rate argument, or directly returns an i-rate argument.
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      Returns an init-type equivalent of a k-rate argument, or directly returns an i-rate argument.
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        <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>i</strong></span>(x) (control-rate or init-rate arg)</pre>
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      Value converters perform arithmetic translation from units of one kind to units of another. The result can then be a term in a further expression.
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      <a class="link" href="opa.html" title="a"><em class="citetitle">a</em></a>,
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        <p> More information on this opcode: <a class="ulink" href="http://www.csoundjournal.com/issue10/CsoundRates.html" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">http://www.csoundjournal.com/issue10/CsoundRates.html</em></a>  , written by Andrés Cabrera </p>
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        <p>i-rate arg version of function new since 5.14</p>
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